KJV ORIGINAL
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
She leaves her eggs in the ground and lets the warm dirt incubate them,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is describing how the ostrich abandons her eggs in the sand, trusting the warm earth to hatch them instead of sitting on them herself.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's response to Job from a whirlwind, where He displays His wisdom through descriptions of various animals. The ostrich was well-known in the ancient Near East, and people observed its unusual nesting behavior of burying eggs in sand rather than brooding over them like other birds.
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